How to decode multiple file with wildcard in Windows commandline

Question

I have the (console) program flac.exe and I want to be able to decode all flac files to wav in one directory, without have to do each one at a time.

I tried:

flac -d *.flac

But it errors out trying to create the wav file.

Those smarter than I have already answered for you. http://superuser.com/questions/16007/how-can-i-mass-rename-files-from-the-command-line-or-using-a-3rd-party-tool — pvanhouten, Oct 13 '12 at 05:20
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39615/how-to-loop-through-files-matching-wildcard-in-batch-file — zb', Oct 13 '12 at 05:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '12 at 10:47

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Use this on the commandline:

for %i in (*.flac) do flac %i

If you want to put that into a batch file, you have to use %%i instead of %i

answered Oct 13 '12 at 10:47

this works! also i tried decoding in bash shell it it works like i wrote it above. `flac -d *.flac` i had to modify your dos code cause i forgot to include the decode option and the flac files had symbols in their names. `for %i in (*.flac) do flac -d "%i"` thanks! – user1742835 Oct 13 '12 at 17:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '12 at 05:43

You can use this bulk rename utility?

Bulk Rename Utility is an easy to use file rename program (a.k.a. file renamer). Renaming multiple files has never been easier! It has a small memory footprint so it can be left running all the time without consuming all your memory. It started as a freeware Visual Basic tool, but as its popularity has grown it has been completely rewritten in C++ to be robust and lightweight - and very, very fast! It can easily handle folders/discs containing well over 100,000 entries... and it can batch rename 1,000s of files in seconds.

I don't see any requirement to rename files in the question. — , Oct 13 '12 at 10:47

How to decode multiple file with wildcard in Windows commandline

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